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The Portland daily press., 1887-02-16
OUR LITTLE GRANDCHILD.
Cleansed, Purified, and Beautifled b,
the Cutieura Remedies.

1t affords me pleasure to give you this report of
the cure OF our little grandchild by your CUTICU-
RA REMEDIES When six months old his left hand
began TO swell and had every appearance of a
large boil. We poultieed it, but ali to no purpose
Anout I'VE mouths after 1t became running sore.
soon other sores formed. He then had two of
them on each hand and as his blood became more
and more impure II took less time for them to
break out. A sore came on the chin beneath the
under lip, which was very offensive. His head was
one solid scab, dscharging a great deal. This was
ms condition at twenty-five months old, when /
undertook the care OF him, bis mother having died
when he was little more than a year old OF con-
sumption (scrofula of course). He could walk
little, but could not get up if he fell down, and
could not move when in bed, having no use of his
hands,. L Immediately commenced with the CUTI-
oURA REMEDIES using the CUTIcURA and CUTI-
CURA SOAP freely, and when he had taken one
bottle OF the CUTICURA REsoLvENT, his head was
completely cured, and he was improved in every
way. we We're very much encouraged, and con-
tinued the use of the Remedies for a year and a
half One sore after another healed bony mat
Yer forming In each one of these five deep ones
Just before healing, which would finally grow loose
ana were taken out; then they would heal rapidly
one OF tneSe ugly bone formations / preserved.
Alter taking dozenland a half bottles he was
completely cured, and is now, at the age of SIX
years, 1strong and healthy child. The scars on
ms hands must always remain; his hands are
strong, though we once feared he would never he
able to use them. All that physicians did for him
dld nm no good. All who saw the child before
using Ine ,GuTIcURA REMEDIES and see The child
now consider II a wonderful cure. If the above
facts are OF any use to you you are at liberty to
use them. Nils. nj s. DRIGGS'
-, a- 612 E. Clay St., Bloomington, i'll.
The child was really in worse condition than
he appeared to his grandmother who. being with
MN every day, became accustomed TO the disease
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The Portland daily press., 1887-02-16

In justice to Mr.. Graves and the other
postal clerks whom the Argus accuses of
filling up papers like the Press" with
offensive matter relative to the postal service
it is only fair to say that the PRESS never
got one particle OF information from any of
them
The Portland daily press., 1887-02-16
THE PRESS.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEB. 1C.

We do not read anonymous letters and cominun
cations. The name and address Of the writer are
j. an eases indispensable, net necessarily for pub
llcatlon ben as = guarantee Of good fam.
We c~nam indrr,ake 70 return or preserve
communications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1887-02-16
MISCELLANEOUS.
A WORD To The COOK.

The who expects the people change their
disappointed
should be made
cooks and Soda purpose
making biscuits and frequently aud that
yellow the soda
this that Tartar sold badly
Grated and not uniform strength
utter impOsbiy to make Congress Yeast
directions followed
the use OF Cream Tartar and Soda and
Experiments have shown that
ent the dsagreeae that k does
become dry and hard when baking
The Massachusetts State Assayer shap says;
careful examination Of sample
open market lind to
Powder free from Aum Ammonia Phosphate
Prof. Geo. Stevens composed
Grape Cream Tartar
ty free from Lime Aum
mon to baking powders"
The Portland daily press., 1887-02-16

The Argus insinuates that the delinquen-
cies Of the postal service are due to the Re-
publicans still retained in it. 1t is highly
probable that the Democrats have been
keeping inefficient Republicans in office.
The Portland daily press., 1887-02-16
SHORT AND UNANswERABLE.
New York SIM

There is no doubt that we need coast and
harbor defences-that is to say, ships, forts
and guns. There is no question that we
They will cost a great deal of money, al
though the total will be small enough when
considered as premium for the insurance
of the billions and billions worth of proper
ty that imperatiyely requires protection.
Now is the time to vote the money when
there is surplus in the Treasury, and before
that surplus is disbursed in pension jobs or
wasted in creek and mill stream improve
ments, or frittered away in costly granite
custom houses and postoffices for Sheboygan,
Wisconsin, and Abilene. Kansas, and Shook
nm Chuck, in the Territory that bears the
name of the Father of his Country. Now is
the time. Let no Democrat al Congress set
up a different theory. Now is the time, if
ever. Don't talk, bat act. Don't haggle,
but vote the dollars. Don't split hairs, but
aim at results; In time of peace and plenty
prepare for the next war. Sooner or later,
It is inevitable.
The Portland daily press., 1887-02-16

Probably it is the nature of the Maine Ec-
lectic College that needs changing rather
than its name.
The Portland daily press., 1887-02-16
CURRENT COMMENT,
NO DEMOCRATIC BLOOD.

~ i. 1llDunt.
Robert Bonner reports that Maud S. drinks
about twenty quarts of awater day. 1t is evil
dent that Maud has no Democratic blood in
her veins.
AN OBSTRUCTION THAT SHOULD DE RE-
MOVED.
Philadelphia Press
The chief obstruction In tie way of ade-
quate seacoast defences is an eminent Demo-
eratlc statesman, whose name is Samuel j.
Randall. This gentleman is performing
some interesting acrobatc feats nowadays.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE VICTORY.
ST. Louis Globe-Democrat
:, The passage through both branches of the
Kansas Legislature of the bill granting mu-
nlclpal suffrage TO woman is the most nota-
BILE political triumph gained by the sex in the
past twelve months. The measure does not
go so far as the suffragists desire. but as
Congress recently voted down the PROPOSE
ton which they had set their hearts upon.
and as the suffrage law of Washington Ter
rltory has just been declared unconstitution-
al, the women are in mood to accept even
small favors.
The Portland daily press., 1887-02-16
To Vessel Owners,

TH1HE Port Clyde Maine Railway has been thor
IL oughy rebuilt, and is now in readiness To
take out all vessels in need of repairs All work
dispatched quickly and satisfaction guaranteed.
Address, q. w. STIMPS0N, JR,
decl6dU Port Clyde Me
The Portland daily press., 1887-02-16

we desire to inform patrons the public
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PARTMENT We shall enumerate but a few of the many
narganS we propose to offer, but assure GENUINE
BARGAINS and money can be saved by examining
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at
$50 yards Crepe Lise Ruching
100 dozen Ladies' All Linen
so dozen Ladies' All Linen Cuffs
9OO yards Lace and Berage Yelling 1-2 ward
One lot Sewing Silk Yelling a cents Ward
One lot C0rsets, 10
Dr. Balls COrsets White par
Dr. Warmers Health COrsets at par
$40 La 5cenfse each
Silk Rain Umbrellas
Vne o' VAOru niAeu hOOi hOSeM 20 cents
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-08-19

These plates are surrounded with inn
penetrable safeguards. The large room,
nearly the full length of the building, Is
occupied by only the engravers at the
windows, Mr.. O'Neil, the chief engraver,
and the custodian. On one side of the
room is a railing and wire screen, such as
are seen in banks, behind which are the
desks OF Mr.. O'Neil and his bookkeeper.
On the other side of the room, at the door
of the vault, is similar inclosure, where
sits the custodian of the plates, dies, rolls,
and other property. When the chief en-
graver comes in the morning he makes a
requisition upon the custodian for such of
these precious bits of steel as he wants.
Each piece has its name or designation,
whether it is a bit Of lathe work, a
vignettc, or an entire plate, and when
they are surrendered to the chief en-
graver upon requisition an entry is made
upon the books of the custodian. The
bookkeeper or custodian for Mr.. O'Neil
makes an entry on his books also, to
show what he has received. Then, as the
engravers want the different pieces of
work, similar account is kept with
them, and no man can leave the room
until the books show that every piece of
engraving that he had in his possession
has been returned. and he has note
from the chief engraver to show that
such is the case. The watchmen would
not let them out of the building without
this. When bell sounds at noon the en-
gravers go to lunch, but not outside the
building.
When the work is over for the day the
accounts between the chief engraver and
his subordinates are balanced, to show
that each has returned all the work placed
in his custody. The rolls and dies and
plates are returned by the chief engraver
to the custodian from whom he got them,
and if no piece is missing his requisition
is returned to him, and the property
locked i'm the vault for the night. Should
it ever happen that anything was missing,
even if it were but the smallest fragment
of engraving, no one would be permitted
TO leave until it was found. A complete
record is thus kept of every piece, SO that
you can tell just where. it was at any
time, how long it was in any ones GUS
tody, and what he had it for.
1--WE know" said Mr.. O'Neil to q re-
porter to whom Chief Graves had ex-
tended the freedom of the building, 'we
know that whatever may be said about
counterfeits being printed from govern
ment plates, that there never was one so
printed. There never was q plate stolen.
There is no plate that has ever been made
that is not in the vault there, and every
one can be accounted for for every min
ute Of time. You cannot name little
out of the way national bank but that we
have the plate for its notes iii that vault,
and can tell you all about it, from the
names Of the men who worked on it to
everybody who has ever touched it at any
time Washington Star.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-08-19

Col. Nicolay concurs heartily In the
opinion expressed to me by Col. Hay, that
in writing the life Of Lincoln personal
"reminiscences are almost valueless to
them on account of the treachery of the
human memory. Even tho most con-
scientious people," said he, ''remember
the most remarkable things! Such peo-
pie have told us of thousands of interest
ing events that never happened. They
are not to blame. find myself utterly
ut fault in recollecting, and Hay and l
long since resolved to use nothing in the
book except documentary evidence and
personal testimony that was corroborated
by documentary proof. Why, here's q
case. A distinguished public man who
held close relations with Lincoln was
sent to Washington during the historic
winter of 1860-61 by prominent gentle
men at the north to watch the course of
events and assist in the formation Of a
cabinet. He stayed here about ten days,
talked with the principal officials from
the president down, and wrote a long
letter every day to his principals. These
letters came into my hands, and to fill up
a gap in the information called on the
writer. What do you think? why, he
said, you are entirely mistaken in the
man. saw none of the people you
speak of, and was not in Washington
that winter at all. / took out bis letters
and COMPOUNDED him. How much weight
could we give to unsupported reninis-
cences after that ?''-Washington Cor.
Kansas City Journal. ~
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-08-19
peculIarities of Hungarian Music.

remember once asking distinguished
Polish lady, herself a notable musician
and pupil of the great Chopin, whether
she ever played Hungarian music. .'No, +"
she answered, 81 cannot play it; there is
something in that music which have
not something which is wanting in
me-" What was wanting came TO I'M
derstand later, when became familiar
with Hungarian music as rendered by
the Tzigane players. 1t was the training
of q gypsy's whole life which was want
ing here--a training which alone teaches
the secret of deciphering those wild strains
which seem borrowed from the voice Of
the tempest or stolen from whispering
reeds. In order to have played the Hum
garian music Alright she would have re-
quired to have slept on mountain tops
during a score of years, to have been
awakened by fallen dews, to have shared
the food Of eagles and squirrels, and have
been.on equally familiar terms with stays
and snakes contiitions which uhfortu-
nately lie quite out of the reach Of deli
cate Polish ladies. -Blackwood's Maya
zine.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-08-19
New Enrland MOSS Gatherers.

The granite rocks of the New England
coast, far from being uniformly bare and
stern, are draped with the most beautiful
and luxuriant alg@, of innumerable spe-
cies. Probably no other district in Amer
lea yields such quantities of Irish moss as
do the shores of Cohasset and Scituate,
Mass. The Irish moss has more than a
picturesque value. 1t possesses well
known medicinal virtues, is manufac-
tured into nutritious food for invalids,
and is also used in certain processes of
brewing. The gathering of the moss,
therefore, forms quite an important in
dustry along the New England coast.
The season begins toward the end of
May and lasts until October The time
of beginning and that of ending the har-
vest are observed by the gatherers with
scrupulous punctuality. in order that
none may '.get ahead of the others, but
all, old and young, may have an equal
chance. The moss is detached by means
of long toothed rakes, the men go
ing out for it in boats, while the women
and children strip the rocks and stones
along shore. The moss is bleached on the
sand, put through half dozen washings
and dried for two weeks. 1t is then
ready for market, and the fsherfolk re-
ceive from four to seven cents per pound
for the product of their pictureque in
dustry.--Frank Leslie's.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-08-19
Planting a pimento Grove.

The planters of Jamaica long ago found
out that the birds can make much better
pimento OF allspice groves than can be
made by man. AS consequence the
work of planting, or more properly of
sowing, is left entirely to the birds, man 8
share of the labor being confined simply
to chopping over the piece of woodland
which it is proposed to convert into a
spice grove. 5
After the first rains following the clear
ing a number Of young phnento plants
make their appearance. Tho birds, fit
ting about among the fallen timber all
through the fruit season, drop the seeds
everywhere, under conditions which in
sure their immediate fertilization, and
tho partial shade afforded by the fallen
timber is just what is required to foster
the young plants growth. BY the time
the timber is rotten the planter has his
pimento grove well developed, and re-
quiring only to be thinned out to render
it a source of profit for many years. -Au-
dubon Magazine.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-08-19
mayall,s Photographic Discovery.

The Photographic as well as the daily
press of England seems now to be much
exercised over the ''Mayall process" al
though it claims nothing more than TO
be the means by which photographs may
be rapidly colored by those who need not
have great artistic ability.
An outline Of his method may serve to
give some idea of its merits. 1t will
probably, like many Of its predecessors,
meet with wide appreciation in certain
Photographic circles, at least for time.
The negatives, made on orthochromatic
plates, are not retouched. In order to
obtain the best results solar camera
print is made, toned and fixed in the
usual manner. The print, after leaving
the hypo bath, is subjected to the action
of solution, which transforms the silver
forming the image into silver oxide, and
at the same time entirely eliminates the
hypo by chemical action. The colors
used in the tipting are entirely new (al-
bumen probably, and form part of Mr..
Mayall's discovery. They are beautifully
transparent, and when applied to the
surface Of the print unite with the image,
forming colored silver compound, which
there is good reason to believe is abso-
lutely permanent. The print is then
placed face upwards in an air tight box,
into which silicon, in state of impalpa-
BILE powder, is blown. When this has
subsidized and formed layer of the pic
ttlre, it is carefully coated with salcylic
acid, and the whole-image, colors and
film-unite to form kind of flexible
glass, which, when dry, leaves the paper
support and can be applied to the decora-
ton of any material. :
The process being altogether different
from anything heretofore practiced, has
at least claim for novelty, and as the
pictures are said to possess rare beauty
there may be a popular future for them.
But they are not photographs in natural
colors, as we understand that term. New
York Photographic Times. ~w
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-08-19
Sew Conner. from Che country.

There was an odd incident at one Of the
seashore places one day last week. A
couple of ladies, who do not live in Bos-
ton, and whose unpretentious way of life
had perhaps led them to fear that they
might be looked down upon by Boston
people, had taken board at hotel much
patronized by Bostonians of an excellent
sort. Walking about the corridor of the
house on the first evening after their ar
rival, and observing with an interest nat
ural in new corners the people about them,
they happened to observe two ladies stand
ingin the corridor not far away. It struck
the younger of the two new corners, who
Is little short sighted, that these two
ladies whom she saw in the corridor were
quite shabby in appearance. She turned
to her companion and whispered:
"Well, guess we can hold up our
heads with this sort of people"
The elder seized her handkerchief in q
vain attempt to smother hearty laugh.
They had been looking at their own re-
Election in big mirror.-Boston Tran
script.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-08-19
insanity in Paris.

The increase of insanity in Paris and
its suburbs is exciting great deal of
comment, the more so as it has been OBJ
served that the sufferers from this reign
ing mania arc chiefly to be found in liter
airy, financial and political circles. Life
at the French capital is as maelstrom,
whether in the chambers, on the bourse,
among the journals or at the clubs, that
engulfs thousands every year in its hid
den depths. San Francisco Chronicle.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-08-19

American Agriculturist.- addi-
ton to its usual endless variety of de
scriptive, instructive, and entertaining
monthly literature, the American
Agriculturist for August contains
what it claims to be the most COM
plete list ever published so early in
the season, Of the time and place of
holding each of the State, County and
other Fairs of 1887, throughout the
States and Canada. 1t is certainly a
long list, embracing twenty-nine in
Michigan alone. Published by the O,
Judd Co., ISL Broadway, New York
at ST 50 year. Singlehumber Iscts.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-08-19
Excitement In Texas.

Great excitement has been caused in the
vicinity of Paris, Tex, by the remarkable
recovery of Mr. J. E. Corley, who was so
helpless he could not turn in bed, or raise
his head; everybody said he was dying OF
consumption. A trial bottle of DR.. Kings
New Discovery was sent him. Finding
relief, he bought large bottle and box OF
DIR. Kings New Life Pills; by the time he
had taken two boxes of Pills and two bottles
of the Discovery, he was we'll and had gained
in flesh thirty.six pounds. Trial Bottles OF
this Great Discovery for Consumption Iocts
at Parkill IL Sons.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-08-19

1t is almost impossible for country peo-
pie to recognize the dense ignorance as to
all matters agricultural and rural from
which the children of the London poor
suffer. The parson of London parish
asked one of the children who had been
boarded out under the new poor law reg
ulations how he enjoyed the change of
air and scenery. please, sir" said the
urchin, 81 don't like it at all; instead of
giving me milk out of nice clean tin
they squeezes it out of nasty cow
seed 'em O doing itr'-Boston Transcript.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-08-19
Tho Cost of whistlinr.

Angus Sinclair, of The National Car and
Locomotive Builder, has pricked the cx-
aggerated statement which has been go
ing the rounds of the newspapers for a
year past about the enormous quantity of
coal wasted in blowing the whistles of To-
comotives. Taking the small duty Of
five pounds of water evaporated with one
pound of coal, and making other allow
unces, he fixes the coal consumption for
steam used in blowing the whistle of To-
connective running 200 miles day to be
146 pounds. Throwing in the odd
pounds, calling it $50, and with coal at
"a ton, the cost of whistling would be
twenty-six cents day, rather cheap for
necessity in railroading. Boston Tran
script
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-08-19

The Nihilists, according the police au-
thorities in st. Petersburg, have resumed
active work, collecting money ostensibly
for charitable objects and spreading pam
phlets broadcast. They are said to have
discovered an ingenious method of dis
tributing tho pamphlets by introducing
them into the cigarette boxes which are
sold throughout the country. Eighteen
persons were recently convicted of being
connected with secret political society,
and sentenced to exile in Siberia. Frank
Ieslie's.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-08-19

The St. Louis fair association will
hold their annual exhibition on the
IS, "a, IS and 10th days of Ssptem
her. Prof. Hogan, of Jackson, will
give balloon ascension on the
grounds on the 18th and 18th. Re
duced rates are promised on all the
railroads.
Senator Tom Palmer will address
the Clinton county pioneers at De
Witt, Aug. 20.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-08-19
The Verdict Unanimous.

w. ID. Suit, Druggist, Bippus, Ind, tes-
titles: ~ can recommend Electric Bitters as
the very best remedy. Every bottle, sold
has given relief in every case. One man
took six bottles, and was cured of Rheuma-
tsm OF 1oyears' standing" Abraham Hare,
druggist, Bellville, Ohio, affirms: '''rhe best
selling medicine have ever handled in my
20 years. experience, is Electric Bitters.'
Thousands Of others have added their testi.
mony, so that the verdict is unanimous that
Electric Bitters do cure all diseases of the
Liver, Kidneys or Blood. Only halfdollar
a bottle at Parkill & Sons Drug Store. 2